I did start a raw materials INDEX back on 1 August 1998 for the
reasons I explained in my book. It is up 300% or so since founding. The INDEX fund connected
with it is available.

Merrill Lynch has a TRAKR linked to the Index. It is listed on the
Chicago Mercantile Exchange so is widely available. Merrill Lynch
also has other listed
products such as the ones under
the symbols RJI , RJA, RJN, RJZ

ABN-AMRO has listed an ETF based on the Index in
Germany
and
Switzerland
so it too is widely available . ABN-AMRO also has products linked to the
Agriculture Index which some find attractive.

It will
decline if commodities decline since it is an INDEX fund. It is an INDEX fund
so no one "Manages" it.

The bull
market in commodities may go on for several more years as I explain in my book
although there will be big consolidations along the way as there always have
been in every bull market in history.

Editorial ReviewIt's the ultimate road trip. Legendary investor Jim
Rogers and his fiancée travel to 116 countries in a custom-built
four-wheel-drive bright yellow Mercedes. Over three years, they make their way through
war zones, are guarded by military convoys, observe a fifty-million-person
pilgrimage, eat disgusting food, put the car on barges for transport between
countries, and have their lives threatened at every turn. As well as describing
his adventures, Rogers
has plenty to say about the economies and roads he encounters on his journey.
(Naturally, he's driven on the best roads and the worst.) With his keen
financial acumen, he picks out those countries with the highest prospective
economic success and which ones are headed for disaster. All
in all, a wonderful trip.

"If
Warren Buffett and Bill Bryson were trapped in a car with each other for three years,
they might write like Jim Rogers." (B.O.T Editorial Review Board)